Mom's White Pound Cake

* Exported from MasterCook II *

Mom's White Pound Cake

Recipe By : The Latest Cake Secrets
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : 1 Cakes
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Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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3 3/4 cups cake flour -- sifted
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 3/4 cups butter -- (NO substitutes)
2 cups sugar
1 1/4 cups egg whites -- unbeaten (10-12 eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon almond extract

Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder and sift together three
times. Cream butter thoroughly, add sugar gradually and cream together
until light and fluffy. Add egg whites, 1/4 cup at a time, beating well
after each addition. Add flavoring and beat vigorously. Turn into two
loaf pans 9x5x3 inches, which have been greased, lined with heavy paper
and again greased. Bake in slow over (275 degrees F) 40 minutes; then
increase heat lightly (325 degrees F) and bake 40 minutes.
Source: The Latest Cake Secrets, General Foods Corporation, New York,
1934, pp. 52-53.

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